The holiday coloring contest sponsored by Palisades Art Gallery had over 115 submissions, with the furthest entry coming from Uruguay and the youngest entries coming from Blue Dragon Academy's one-year-old students.
Palisades Art Gallery owner Susan Hartenhoff Haygood was ecstatic with the creativity found in all the submissions, and grateful to everyone who entered.
Due to the overwhelming number of entries from the 5-8 age group, she opted to judge ages 5, 6 and 7-8 in separate categories.
Winners in the 1-to-4-year-old category were Ella B. (1st place), Hadley E. (2nd place), Emmet V. and Veronica S. (3rd place), and Bria L. (honorable mention).
In the 5-year-old category, winners were Zoey (1st), Jensen (2nd), and Josephine (honorable mention).
For 6-year-olds, first place went to Landry, second was awarded to Marlee, and third was given to Skylar E.
In 7-to-8-year-olds, Coyer B. (1st), Ingrid J. (2nd), Olivia H. (3rd), and Austin V. (honorable mention) were given top mention.
Ages 9-12 recognition was given to Madelyn S. (1st), Metta (2nd), and Alaina L. (3rd).
In the 13+ category, first place and top prize went to Aaliyah S., followed by Tiziano P.
All pages are still on display at Palisades Art Gallery, located at 506 N Main Ste. 2 in Garretson, and patrons are welcome to stop in and view all of the submissions during business hours or anytime the "Open" sign is lit.
